Table 1 Demographic data of the study subjects with and without metabolic syndrome at baseline.
Male | Female | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MetS (−) | MetS (+) | P value | MetS (−) | MetS (+) | P value | |||||
n | 3622 | 332 | 2899 | 219 | ||||||
Age (years) | 13.2 | ±2.0 | 14.0 | ±1.7 | <0.001 | 13.5 | ±2.0 | 13.2 | ±1.9 | 0.031 |
Waist circumference (cm) | 68.6 | ±10.1 | 82.9 | ±10.7 | <0.001 | 63.8 | ±7.4 | 72.8 | ±9.2 | <0.001 |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 110.7 | ±12.7 | 127.3 | ±13.1 | <0.001 | 105.1 | ±11.5 | 115.3 | ±14.8 | <0.001 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 60.5 | ±8.6 | 67.5 | ±10.1 | <0.001 | 59.1 | ±7.7 | 62.2 | ±8.7 | <0.001 |
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl) | 94.7 | ±8.2 | 99.9 | ±8.0 | <0.001 | 91.9 | ±9.4 | 98.6 | ±16.4 | <0.001 |
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 163.5 | ±29.0 | 167.6 | ±34.4 | <0.036 | 166.8 | ±27.6 | 170.9 | ±33.3 | 0.079 |
High density lipoprotein (mg/dl) | 56.2 | ±12.9 | 42.6 | ±10.3 | <0.001 | 58.1 | ±12.8 | 44.1 | ±8.8 | <0.001 |
Low density lipoprotein (mg/dl) | 92.0 | ±25.4 | 98.2 | ±27.7 | <0.001 | 93.6 | ±24.5 | 97.8 | ±29.1 | 0.038 |
Triglyceride (mg/dl) | 76.3 | ±35.2 | 133.6 | ±65.9 | <0.001 | 75.7 | ±30.2 | 145.4 | ±70.3 | <0.001 |
γ-GT (U/L) | 14.1 | ±7.7 | 20.3 | ±13.5 | <0.001 | 10.5 | ±4.7 | 13.8 | ±8.7 | <0.001 |
